Robot model
BUDDY
Blue Frog Robotics' BUDDY is a ~60 cm-tall emotional companion robot powered by emotional AI; it senses its surroundings, avoids obstacles, and assists,…
- Manufacturer
- Blue Frog Robotics
- Form factor
- companion_robot
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 3
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies BUDDY, a companion robot by Blue Frog Robotics (commercial): 3 verified deployments on record. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
Blue Frog Robotics' BUDDY is a ~60 cm-tall emotional companion robot powered by emotional AI; it senses its surroundings, avoids obstacles, and assists, educates, entertains, and connects people in home, education, elder-care, and business settings.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Height
Class
AI type
Capabilities
Target environments
BUDDY mobility and interaction
BUDDY software extensibility
BUDDY application domains
Specs
Class
Height
Data & sources
Web sources
4
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for BUDDY. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (3)
- BUDDY at France (nationwide)operational
Blue Frog lists clients including Korian (elderly care), AG2R La Mondiale, Société Générale, Crédit Agricole, SNCF/iDTGV, Huawei, Somfy, Boulanger, Éducation Nationale, Dalkia, Viatris.
Buddy deployed in ACCRA (Agile Co-Creation of Robots for Ageing) EU Horizon 2020 project.
City of Rueil-Malmaison deployed Buddy as Smart City reception robot in city hall, powered by "RUEIL GPT" trained on municipal information.
BUDDY on the deployment map
View the global mapWhere BUDDY is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 1, 2025
at Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France, France
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 1, 2024
at France (nationwide)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2017
at Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Safety record
No incidents on record for BUDDY.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (4)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: companion_robot
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for BUDDY.Recent coverage
BUDDY in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning BUDDY from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Newsom takes steps to lower gas prices for Bay Area drivers
(KRON) -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom took steps Monday to try to bring down prices at the pump for California drivers. Newsom sent a letter suspending the state's summer-blend…
Bulls aquire Buddy Hield from Hornets in late-offseason twist
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Buddy Townsend – July 5, 1948 – Sep 16, 2026
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Toronto Film Festival: THR’s Studio With Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Naomi Watts, Ziwe and More
Other stars who stopped by the 1 Hotel space, sponsored by Canada Goose, include Sebastian Stan, Jodie Comer, Michael Imperioli, Martin Freeman and Buddy the dog.
Coca-Cola’s AI Just Solved Retailers’ Inventory Headache
Coca-Cola thinks its artificial intelligence just solved one of the oldest headaches in retail: knowing what to stock, and how much to buy. Coke Buddy, Coca-Cola’s self-ordering…
腾讯文档推出“AI工作台”
36氪获悉，腾讯文档宣布AI服务全端升级，正式推出“AI工作台”。此次升级基于WorkBuddy提供的Agent内核框架，结合腾讯文档自研的编辑引擎和专业Skill，让AI从单纯生成内容，进一步进入真实文件和办公任务的完整流程。此前上线的“人机双写”功能也融入AI工作台，AI不仅能生成内容，还能直接修改原文件。
Tencent opens WorkBuddy to third-party developers with 100+ partners
Tencent has launched an open platform for WorkBuddy, making its AI-agent capabilities available to third-party developers, hardware makers and industry applications. More than 100…
Tencent Opens WorkBuddy Platform, Onboarding More Than 100 Partners
Tencent launched the WorkBuddy open platform, the first domestic AI-agent ecosystem spanning hardware, industry apps and developers, debuting nine co-branded devices with more…
Is this the future of America?
In 2007, the US was on the cusp of an economic recession, and Buddy Rizer was tasked with finding Loudoun County, Virginia, a new way to make money. Rizer’s earlier career as a…
Adafruit’s Top 10 Blog Posts of August 2026 #StateOfTheFruit #AdafruitTopTen
More GTA 6 leaks reveal new gameplay and the entire map Why are people suddenly adding Apple Lightning cables to Raspberry Pi Pico 2 boards? Deskbuddy – ESP32 Touchscreen Personal…
College football coach famed for Netflix show fired after calling officials ‘idiots’
<p>Buddy Stephens, who was featured on Last Chance U, publicly criticized his school and league hierarchy</p><p>A college football coach who rose to prominence in a <a…
Tencent open-sources Hy4 preview with 770B parameters and a 1M-token context
Tencent Hunyuan released and open-sourced Hy4 preview on Aug. 28. The next-generation large language model has 770 billion total parameters, 49 billion activated parameters and a…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/blue-frog-buddy.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/53922d3d-309a-480a-a0e0-6fb82f30f6ee
- Revision history: /models/blue-frog-buddy/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Buddy: THE EDUCATIONAL AND PROGRAMMABLE ROBOT - EDUCATIONAL & THERAPEUTIC COMPANION - REMOTE LEARNING - HOSPITALIZED STUDENT’S AVATAR - TEACHER’S ASSISTANT - A
Découvrez l'interview de Rodolphe Hasselvander, fondateur de BLUE FROG ROBOTICS qui répond aux questions de la La French Tech Grand Paris sur notre présence à V
BUDDY at CES Unveiled 2018 from Blue Frog Robotics: MUSE Crystal Williams talks with the founder and CEO of Blue Frog Robotics Rodolphe Hasselvander which crea
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Reality vs attention
BUDDY draws attention at the 94th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among companion_robot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong recent media coverage and press activity. Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026